Threat of a nuclear conflict “should not be underestimated,” says Russia's top diplomat
Tensions are rising after the visit of two top US officials to Kyiv late on Sunday, with Russia unleashing a string of attacks Monday against rail and fuel installations deep inside Ukraine, and far from the front lines.
Meanwhile, Russia’s top diplomat warned against provoking World War III, with the West offering more military assistance to Ukraine, and said the threat of a nuclear conflict “should not be underestimated.”
Follow our blog below to see how events unfolded on Tuesday 26 April:
Russia struck five railway stations with precision missiles in central and western Ukraine on Monday, in the space of just one hour, in a move likely aimed at disrupting reinforcements heading to eastern Ukraine and Western aid shipments, according to the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War.
In Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova that sits along the Ukrainian border, several explosions believed caused by rocket-propelled grenades hit the territory's Ministry of State Security on Monday evening. There was no immediate claim of responsibility or reports of injuries, writes AP.
Transnistria is a strip of land with about 470,000 people and about 1,500 Russian troops based there.
Moldova's Foreign Ministry said “the aim of today’s incident is to create pretexts for straining the security situation in the Transnistrian region." The U.S. warned previously that Russia may launch “false-flag” attacks against its own side to create a pretext for invading other nations.
Last week, Rustam Minnekayev, a Russian military commander, said the Kremlin wanted full control of southern Ukraine, which he said would open the way to Transnistria.
Russia unleashed a string of attacks Monday against rail and fuel installations deep inside
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